![]() In October 2017, Panama City Port Authority started expanding its cruise shipping capacity by opening a second location on East Avenue. Still, Bay County’s waterways can accommodate large passenger liners, so Amador Cruise Terminal could be eventually constructed, but not sooner than 2030. It would cost ~USD 70 million and would need to be near an airport. The port authority considered building a small terminal (incorporated into the city's master plan), but the research showed that such a project is not feasible. ![]() Panama City doesn't have its own (in-town) passenger terminal facility. From all these isles local pilots board the marine vessels (including cruise ships) entering Panama Canal. The connecting causeway has a 1-lane road running along to each of the 4 islands, plus a bicycle/jogging lane. Along the causeway there are port facilities, yacht marinas, shops, restaurants. The 4 islands are named Naos, Culebra, Perico, and Flamenco. Partially, the causeway also serves as a breakwater. ![]() This causeway was made from rock extracted during the canal's excavations. They are artificially linked to mainland Panama via a causeway. Isla Flamenco is one of the 4 "causeway Islands (officially Islas Calzada de Amador) located by the Panama Canal's Pacific Ocean entrance. Most cruise ships to Panama City dock (anchor) at Port Fuerte Amador on Flamenco Island (in Panama Bay). IN a long-term plan, the terminal will be expanded to a docking capacity for 5 mega-liners at once.īy October 2021, the new Panama Cruise Terminal was ~83% completed. The facility has a large building plus recreational centers, bars, restaurants. The new terminal has berthing capacity 2 mega-liners simultaneously and max passengers 10,000. However, due to the COVID crisis, all works on the facility were delayed for almost a year. By the new port development project, on Aug 15th started preparing a 7-acre/2,8-hectares land area for the new Fuerte Amador Cruise Terminal. This was part of the new Panama Cruise Terminal project wich was scheduled for completion in 2019-Q2. In August 2018, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) finished dredging works in Fuerte Amador's new terminal area and navigation canal. Panama Canal Railway also runs daily passenger service (once a day), each way between Panama City and Colon. This allows TEU-container transportation by train across the isthmus. Port Balboa's Pacific Terminal is a ship-to-train terminal connected (via Panama Canal Railway) directly to Port Colon (Caribbean Sea). Balboa is among the largest cargo ports (especially for boxships / container carriers) in Latin America. Drydock's gates are constructed similar to Panama Canal's locks. Port Balboa (locode PABLB) has a drydock facility for repairs of Panamax-sized vessels. Prices range between US$6400 (Veranda) and US$9300 (Navigator Suite) per person with double occupancy. Departing from Fuerte Amador Marina, the itinerary visits destinations in Panama ( Isla Parida), Costa Rica (Puerto Jimenez, Puerto Caldera/Puntarenas, Playa del Coco, Playa Flamingo, Curu Wildlife Reserve, Tortuga Islands, Quepos, Golfito) and Nicaragua ( San Juan del Sur). Since October 2022, the Mystic Cruises-owned subsidiary Atlas Ocean Voyager ( fleet) operates with the ships World Navigator (2021-built) and World Traveller (2022-built) the 12-night "Panama Roundtrip Cruise". Fuerte Amador also offers a panoramic view of Panama City's skyline. On complete Panama Canal transits, cruise ships typically arrive in Fuerte Amador in the morning, offload passengers for land tours and spend a full day anchored.įuerte Amador cruise port has as infrastructure several shops, specialty stores and restaurants, all centered around the large Flamenco Resort & Marina complex. The port is a tender dock (anchorage port), meaning cruise ships anchor and transfer their passengers ashore via ship's tender boats. The extending peninsula is a 1,6 km (1 mi) long causeway artificially created by connecting 4 small islands with rocks excavated from Panama Canal. Port Fuerte Amador (locode USPFN) is built on a man-made peninsula. NCL Jewel's itineraries visit Costa Rica (Puerto Limon), Aruba (Oranjestad), Curacao (Willemstad), Bonaire (Kralendijk), and Colombia (Cartagena), ending in Colon.The homeporting was based on a multi-year contract (signed with the Panama Tourism Authority) allowing NCL to homeport a liner at two Panamese cruise terminals - Colon (Caribbean Sea) and Fuerte Amador (Pacific Ocean).On December 14, 2021, NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced that starts seasonally to homeport a ship in Panama City (for Panama Canal roundtrips) with Norwegian Jewel (starting on March 20, 2022). Both seaports are located at Panama Canal's Pacific Ocean entrance. Cruise ships to Panama City dock either at Port Fuerte Amador (Cruise Terminal) or Port Balboa (locode PABLB).
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